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Well, I can't say yet. I don't know Zoneminder well enough. It looks a real chore to install and I was here to confirm it was worth my while as I am planning to use the NC450. I have some other streaming cameras and if Zoneminder is good may look at those too but my main interest for now is the NC450.

The NC450 does support motion detection in its firmware, but only the saving of JPG snapshots in response. I am wondering if and will in time explore whether, Zoneminder has motion detection and can save video segments rather than snapshots in response to detected motion. That is my goal. Motion ...

I have, by sniffing the web interface and testing, established that directional control is possible via: http://cameraip/setTurnDirection.fcgi?operation=start&dir=X where X is one of: n,s, e, w, ne, nw, se, sw if you stick that into your browser it turns the camera. Not sure if that can be exploited ...

Thank you kindly maqic, for confirming you have this camera working with zoneminder. I was pleased to find this and 'm watching this thread to see if anyone has a PTZ solution and will post one should I happen upon one myself.

I have a few cameras already, and my preference in past has been IR, Wifi and steerable.Specifically I have these: A nice well branded one, albeit out of production according to manufacturer: http://www.ausdom.com/index.php/camera/detail?ikey=32 And a couple of generics from China that look like ...